Nige­rian among 2 held for cheat­ing man on so­cial net­work

KHAN­DESH­WAR: Two peo­ple, in­clud­ing a Nige­rian, were ar­rested by Khan­desh­war po­lice for al­legedly cheat­ing a San­gli res­i­dent of Rs1.6 lakh through a so­cial net­work­ing web­site.

Catharen Doyal, the Nige­rian, had be­friended San­gli res­i­dent Amarsh­ingh Surya­van­shi five months ago on the web­site.

He told Surya­van­shi he dealt in the pur­chase and sale of medicines for Mida Phar­ma­ceu­ti­cal, a UK-based com­pany.

Doyal also told Surya­van­shi that the com­pany had huge de­mand for ayurvedic seeds and Surya­van­shi would profit hugely if he could sup­ply the seeds.

In Novem­ber last year, Doyal mes­saged Surya­van­shi to buy 250gm of the seeds worth Rs1.60 lakh from a sup­plier named Priyanka Jain and sell it to Mida Phar­ma­ceu­ti­cal.

On Jan­uary 7, Jain called Surya­van­shi and told him that one Khan would de­liver the packet of seeds to him and that he should pay Khan. Later, she said one Is­mits­ingh Arora would meet him near Tunga Ho­tel in Vashi.